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Our weekend started early when we left for the Columbus zoo on Friday morning before heading over to Ohio State to see the state track meet for qualifications. 
The Columbus zoo is one of my favorites and in the past few years I have been to it more than the Cleveland zoo.  It looks beautiful and each exhibit flows to the next.  Plus there is an awesome aquarium and in this trip we also got to...

What a busy month June will be, with Zach down to his last two days of school a beach vacation planned and birthday's in the month of June we will have a lot going on!
 1 day of school for Zach

 2 days until Shawn runs at state

15 days until Zach's 15
18 days until beach trip to Hilton Head Island

23 days until Cameron is 16
24 days until I'm half-way to 90!

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I can’t believe it is already June 1st!  You have to check out the gallery at Work in Progress, some wonderful ideas can be found there!  I will be uploading all the work in the flickr gallery too, where you can find past kits and ideas.
Here’s a closer looks at my layouts for June

I got a lot done, and did a lot of things.  So I would call that a good weekend.  And I think my list in the post below made a difference in getting things accomplished.
clean scraproomcomplete some layouts/journalingvacuum kitchen rugsvacuum family roompaint nailswork out with chelsweed and plant in yardclean garagestart garage sale pilelaundry... oh my this should count as two!Weddingwork on...

Are you a list maker?  I used to be, but not a paper one, it has to be typed out or on the computer.  I just can't write a list anymore... weird, I know?  but haven't been as good at it lately and I find I'm not getting as much accomplished, maybe its too much time on the computer doing other things... but anyhoo
My sister is a list writer, always has been and she seems to get a lot accomplished. ...

Looking forward to working in the yard this weekend.

We usually have to wait until at least after Memorial Weekend to begin planting in the yard without having to worry about a frost.  
So today Deb and I went over to Petitti's Garden Center so we could start picking out our plants for our yards.  I usually do red and white and this year decided to do more purple and pinks.

sum·mer·time (sum′ər tīm′)
noun    the season of summer
Since we have Chelsea home for the summer and Zach soon to be out, I am ready for summer to begin.  With camping trips, a family trip to the beach and just relaxing and reading by the pool to name a few of the things I'm looking forward to this summer.Lots to celebrate this summer too, the June birthdays include Zach turning...

Those holiday weekends always seem to go by so fast!  It is already back to work tomorrow and I don’t know where the weekend went.
We had a great time camping, and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect!  What more could you ask for during a weekend with family.  I got to do some reading, finished one book and started another, played some games, Joel did some fishing though all he seemed...

Wow, where does the time go, it was Mother’s Day and the next thing I know we are looking at Memorial Weekend.  This is always a fun weekend for us as a family, we plan to head out camping with several families and it usually proves to be a fun and relaxing weekend.
Since Mother’s Day a lot has happened: 
School has ended for Chelsea  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zach is counting...

I saw this on Karen Russell's blog and was moved to tears.  Such a great story about taking pictures, memories and he's an amazing photographer!
Dane Sanders
Had a wonderful Mother's day with family, and got a gift certificate for a pedicure and manicure and Chelsea made me the most adorable mini book of "20 reasons I love you" out of paint swatches.